Surgical table



Sept. 8, 1931. R. E. FERGUSON 1,822,206

SURGICAL TABLE Filed May 15. 1930 Patented Sept. 8, 1931 UNITED STATESRICHARD E. FERGUSON, OF ST. JOSEPH, MISSOURI SURGICAL TABLE Applicationfiled May 15,

This invention relates to surgical tables, more particularly for use intreatments of diseases requiring douches, fiushings or irrigations andthe invention has for an object the provision of novel easilydisassociated parts that may be cleansed and sterilized.

' With the wide range of use of which the invention is capable, it isbelieved unnecessary for the purposes of this application to 10, specifysaid uses, other than to say generally that sanitation is one of theaims of the inventor and its adaptability for use in hospitals, doctorsofiices, or at other locations. 7

It is a further object of this invention to 16 provide a table having aremovably applied funnel and a removably applied pan over the saidfunnel, the said pan having a funnel depending into the first mentionedfunnel, so that the joints between the several parts of the apparatuswill be leak-proof.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an irrigating tableof the character, indicated comprising comparatively few and inexpensiveparts and which will prove cfficient and satisfactory in use.

With the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe details of construction and in the arrangement and combination ofparts to be hereinafter more fully 80 set forth and claimed. v

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to theaccompanying drawings forming part of this application wherein likecharacters denote corresponding parts in the several views, and inwhich- Figure 1 illustrates a plan view of the table embodying theinvention;

fFigure 2 illustrates a side elevation there- Figure 3 illustrates asectional view on the line 3-8 of Figure 1; and

Figure 4 illustrates a sectional view of a fragment of the pan.

In these drawings I have illustrated a conventional frame 5 which may besupported by suitable legs 6 having caster or other wheels 7 and asthese parts may be of any desired construction, the details thereof arenot specified.

The table is preferably provided with a etired, the said standardstanding by'one skilled in the art to specify 1930. Serial "no. 452mm ihrn'dle such as 8 'at each end for convenience in manipulation or formoving the same and oneendof the tabIe is providedwith a clamp 9 inwhich a standard 10 is adjust-ably seterminating in a book 11 which maybe used for supporting the holder of the material used in the treat-"ment of the patient occupying the table.

The top 1-2'of the table is preferably metal and at proper locationbetween its 'ends and 00 between its sides an opening 13 is produced :ofsuch size as to create a clearance for "a funnel :14, which funnel :hasa flange'or plate 15V-resting on the tab'le. "This fiangeand funnel maybe readily removed for cleaning and 6 sterilizing and the said funneldischarges into a bucket or receptacle =16 suspended from brackets-orappropriate supports 17 carried by a part of the table. The bucket orreceptacle -16 is supported by hooks 18 or 570 by other means which willenable :its removal from the hangers in order that the contents of thebucket maybe removed for microscopic "examination. i

A pan 19 flravingupwardlyflanged sides 20 and 21 is appliedxto the tableover the first mentioned funnel and its flange and this pan isof anydesiredsize and it has a funnel 22in its approximate central zone whichextends into-the first mentioned funnel. The pan has upwardly extendingend flanges such as 723 which with the side flanges serve to *preveirtfluids used in the treatment -of-pa- :t-ients from escaping 'fromthe panand they insure that the said fluid'sha'l-l reach the funnel'a'n-d bedischarged into the receptacle.

The end "flanges terminate in3pr0jectior1's 24 which extend outwardlyand downwardly toward the ends of the "table and terminate in suchrelation to the bottom of the pan that their edges rest on the table tostabilize the pan and hold it against tilting when in use.

It is believed unnecessary for an underthe exactprop'ortion's 'of theseveral funnels and parts associated with them for, obvious- 1y, theymust be of such dimensions and so co-related that the lower funnel willreceive the upper funnel and that the pan will com-"" pletely cover theflange of the first mentioned funnel and rest on the surface of the topof the table in a suitable state.

I claim;

1. In a surgical table having a top with an opening therein, a funnelextending through said opening and having a flange resting on the tableby which the funnel is supported in the opening, a pan superimposed withrelation to the first mentioned funnel and covering the flange thereof,a funnel extending from the pan into the first mentioned funnel. sideand end flanges on the said pan, and extensions from the end flangesprojecting downwardlv and outwardly from the pan and adapted to havetheir edges resting on the top of the table.

2. In a surgical table having a top with an opening therein. a funnelextending through said opening and having a flange resting on the tableby which the funnel is supported in the opening, a pan superimposed withrelation to the first mentioned funnel and covering the flange thereof,a funnel extending from the pan into the first mentioned funnel, sideand end flanges on the said pan, extensions from the end flangesprojecting downwardly and outwardly from the pan and adapted to havetheir edges resting on the top of the table. and a receptacle supportedunder the said funnels.

3. Tn a surgical table having a top with an opening therein, a funnelextending through said opening and having a flange resting on ing on thetop of the table. and a receptacle in the opening. a pan superimposedwith relation to the first mentioned funnel and covering the flangethereof, a funnel extending from the pan into the first mentionedfunnel, side and end flanges on the said pan, extensions from the endflanges projecting downwardly and outwardly from the pan and adapted tohave their edges resting on the top of the table, hangers on the tahleunder the top, and a bucket supported by the hangers.

4. In a surgical table having a top with an opening therein, a funnelextending through said opening and having a flange resting on the tableby which the funnel is supported in the opening, a pan superimposed withrelation to the first mentioned funnel, and cov ering the flangethereof, a funnel extending from the pan into the first mentionedfunnel, side and end flanges projecting downwardly and outwardly fromthe pan and adapted to have their edges resting on the top of the table,a receptacle supported under the said funnels and hangers on the tableunder the top for supporting the receptacle.

RICHARD E. FERGUSON, M. D.

